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FRIENDS
ANNUAL
LECTURE
VATICAN II
LECTURE
SERIES
Vatican II: Fifty Years On
The Second Vatican Council began on 11 October 1962. To
celebrate this significant anniversary, Catholic Theological
College of SA will commence a series of special lectures with
our Friends of CTC Annual Lecture. Over the following
four weeks our Vatican II Lecture series will continue.
All Lectures will be held on Thursday evenings from 7:30
to 9:15pm.
11 October: Vatican II: What Happened in Adelaide?
(Dr Josephine Laffin)
18 October: The Shifting Place of the Church and Lay
Ministry in the Church for the World
(Rev Dr. James McEvoy and Ms. Julie Trinidad)
25 October: Catholics and other Christians and Catholics and other Faiths
(Rev. Dr. Dean Zweck from Australian Lutheran College and
Associate Professor Stephen Downs)
1 November: Catholics and the Bible (Rev. Dr Michael Trainor)
8 November: The Modern Liturgy
(Rev. Dr. Anthony Kain, Sr. Ilsa Neicinieks rsm and Dr. Patrick Cronin cfc)
Venue: Room S1
Adelaide College of Divinity Campus
34 Lipsett Terrace
BROOKLYN PARK
Cost: $20 per session OR at the special discount price of
$80 for the five nights (payable on the first night)
Concessions: $15 per session OR at the special discount
price of $60 for the five nights (payable on the first night)
Free Parking. Supper provided
Several senior female leaders in Catholic
Education have pooled their resources and
experience to form a unique network for
women leaders and those with leadership
aspirations in and around Catholic schools in
South Australia.
"I often meet very talented women who are
so busy with their professional lives, and
other aspects of their lives, that they do not
give a great deal of time and reflection to
the bigger picture of leadership, and how
they might make contributions on a more
senior level," says Helen O'Brien, Catholic
Education SA executive assistant director.
"Women have a great deal to say
about leadership in schools and in the
Church. They already make outstanding
contributions," she says.
About one third of Catholic School principals
in South Australia are women, with close
to 55 per cent holding deputy principal
positions.
Earlier this year and for the fifth time, the
Catholic Education Office received the
prestigious Employer of Choice Award
from the Equal Opportunity for Women
in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). The
award acknowledges organisations that are
recognising and advancing women in the
workplace
Following the award Ms O'Brien, assistant
director leadership development Susan
Young, principal consultant Sue Kennedy-
Branford, senior education adviser (strategic
projects unit and EOWA) Jill Conole and
assistant director leading learning Georgina
Smith combined their wisdom and insight to
create Sapientiae (Latin for wisdom).
In August the women hosted the first
Sapientiae session which attracted more
than 50 women from across South Australian
Catholic education.
Co-chair of the Premier's Council for Women
Emeritus Professor Anne Edwards AO has
met with Sapientiae and said women's
support networks were an important part of
ensuring gender equity was taken seriously
within the workplace.
"People responsible for an organisation
talking about gender equity changes the
psychological and social climate within the
organisation and those messages get picked
up by men and women."
Ms Smith said Sapientiae would develop
networks, encourage coaching and
mentoring and explore the skills and
dispositions contributing to successful and
healthy leadership among women.
For more information on Sapientiae
contact Susan Young (susan.young@cesa.
catholic.edu.au), or Helen O'Brien (helen.
obrien@cesa.catholic.edu.au) or call
8301 6600 for Susan or Helen.
WISDOM: Catholic Education South Australia leaders (L-R) Sue Kennedy-
Branford, Jill Conole and Georgina Smith are among a small team of women to
begin a new women's leadership network.
Photo: Nat Rogers
Call for leaders